Although they used a dozen different producers throughout the CD it has an amazing continuity to it. The same melodic string and piano motifs appear throughout each recording, connecting it in a surreal way. There is only one production that seems out of place to me, and it's on the worst possible song - "In The End." This was their biggest hit from "Hybrid Theory" and fans were expecting more out of it than any other cut on the record (at least I was). They destroyed it. The producers gave the song a shuffle feel and laced it with the "yo-yo-yo" street thing, rather than the more rapcore attitudes that permeate the rest of "Reanimation." Terrible.

Fortunately, though, the rest of the CD shines. This may be the first record, with the exception of "Hybrid Theory," that utilizes the newest technology for the good of music, not for the worse of it. Here's a brief explanation.

Music is done entirely on computers today. There is no more tape. Only hard drives. We can now work with music in a similar way that a writer works with a word processor - just cut and paste. The result has been the demise of music. We now have tools of unbelievable power, undreamt of only ten years ago, yet the quality of music has steadily gotten worse. Why? Because the tools are so powerful and simplified that unqualified musicians can now use them. Performances can always be "fixed later" so a good performance doesn't really matter anymore. The vocals can be tuned, the drums can be put in time - not need to waste precious studio time on perfectionism. That's if you're lucky enough to be in a studio. Most of these systems are in the producer's house, which brings us to the second reason for demise - location. We no longer need 84 channel consoles and racks upon racks of outboard gear. It's all in the computer. Anyway, I'm going off a little too much. The point is, music quality is declining because enormous power is now in the hands of people who aren't qualified to have it.

Linkin Park, however, has used this power for good. They've managed to use it to produce new sounds we've never heard before and to overall improve the quality of their sounds. On "Reanimation" the editing is used as an instrument as much as anything else.

Make sure to stick with every song because they often turn midway through into some new, amazing section. Track 7 comes to mind as a production with a less interesting first half that ends up providing the best moment on the album in the outro. If you liked "Hybrid Theory" I can't imagine you wouldn't love "Reanimation."


Good Remix CD, But No Follow-Up   July 31, 2002
 19 out of 20 found this review helpful

If you like Linkin Park's original CD, "Hybrid Theory", you'll probably like their remix CD, "Reanimation". Linkin Park brought in a slew of DJs and rappers to help them bring out a CD that would hold fans over until their second "true" CD comes out in about six months. Some remixes turned out really great, standouts include "By Myself", "Place For My Head", "Pushing Me Away" and, of course, their single, "Points Of Authority", which came out with some harsh beats and more speed to them. However, the great dissappointments of the CD were their original singles. The remix of "In The End" sounds faster at best, nothing much has changed. Although they did change many of the lyrics of the song, the song sounds too similar to the original, with only real noticeable difference to the song being in the chorus, where the tune becomes more muddled and crowded. "Crawling" sounds similar as well, the beat is changed very little, sounding more like a rehash than a remix. A new, rapid fire verse is added, which is a nice addition, but not enough to make me like it as much as the original. "Papercut" was my biggest disappointment. Being my favorite song on the "Hybrid Theory" CD, I was excepted a great remix, if nothing else at least a good one. However, I was disappointed, as they just put out the exact same song, with the tiny change of making the song sound a little more electronic, not remixed at all. I could do the exact same thing with the original version of "Papercut", all I'd have to do it put it on really poor speakers and turn up the static. "One Step Closer" is the only decent remix of their singles, which is a true remix, but instead of speeding it up, they slowed it down and put a lot more emphasis on the beat, so the vocalists are overshadowed by the beat. I find this to be one of the average remixes on the CD. With the "Cure For The Itch" remix, you'll find more of the same, great DJing, but a variety of new samples have been added to his old ones. "With You" is also slowed down and lengthed, I would say the same thing about this one as the "One Step Closer" remix. Along with the "Hybrid Theory" remixes, you get remixes of a variety of remixes of songs from their first EP. "High Voltage" was a good song originally, but the has a much stronger beat as well as a featured rapper added to it. I have not listened to the songs of "My December" or "X-ecutioner's Style" enough to get a good grasp of what I think of them, but what I've heard of them, they aren't really stand-outs of the album, but aren't disappointing either, don't buy the album to hear these song though. Really, it's a really good album, but don't think of it as a follow-up to "Hybrid Theory", it's not that. What it is, though, is a little treat for those of us who like remixes and something to hold all of Linkin Park's fans until they release their next CD.


Different, but still really good   August 1, 2002
 15 out of 19 found this review helpful

Those who bought this cd expecting to find rock remixes of tracks from "Hybrid Theory" were sorely mistaken when they purchased the cd. This cd contains "re-interpretations" of all 12 tracks from "Hybrid Theory" and some even remixes of tracks that were previously unavailable to the US.

You can't really call this a "remix" album like P. Diddy and J-Lo have done because all they did was re-think the beats. Linkin Park DEFINITELY re-do the beats, but on most occasions, they offer different lyrics as well. Like the track "ENTH E ND," Mike Shinoda and Motion Man offer different lyrics to a Raukus Records-esque hip-hop beat. It's really different and really entertaining. However, The best tracks come at the end and are not hip-hop influenced. "1STP KLOSR" and "KRWLNG" are the tracks that feature Jonathan Davis of Korn and Aaron Lewis of Staind, respectively. Both artists add their completely different, yet hypnotic voices to the tracks. Each one's voice make the track stand out just that much more than how Chester Bennington was able to do on the original album.

Overall, I can't give this album 5 stars because even though it is revolutionary, it's not the best album it could have been. "MY


Just Amazing-They did It again!   August 13, 2002
 12 out of 13 found this review helpful

Wow! This CD is great! I had great expectations for Linkin Park's new CD. I waited so long. Well, they sure met them my standards. A very nice follow-up remix CD of their other cool Hybrid Theory album. Reanimation was tranformed into a rock-rap mix, with electronic sounds and voices. Just like Hybrid Theory, every song was outstanding. To tell you the truth, I didn't want to buy this CD at first. I thought ithe songs would just be a repeat. But the "reanimations" were extraordinary. No need to worry about profanity, if you do. They don't use any. Reanimation is just as good as Hybrid Theory. Here's an overview of the songs.
1-Opening-A nice calm instrumental tune.
2-Pts. of Ahtrty-great song, great video (comes in CD)
3-Ent hE Nd- a cool rap remix of the the original single
4-Chali-a message on a phone
5-Frgt/10-takes you to another world of occasional electronic sounds
6-P5hng Me A*wy-Cool rock remix
7-Plc. 4 mie head- nice mix of the original
8-X-ecutioner style- a mix of all songs, with DJ work and rap.
9-H! Vltg3-Another rap mix
10-Riff Raff-message on phone
11-Wth>You- a harder rock song mix of the original
12-Ntr/Mission- an instrumental tune
13-PPr. Kut- a cool mix of the original, with electronic sounds
14-Rnw@y-A rock mix witrh rhythm, of the original.
15-Stef- message on phone
16-My Decmber-Relaxing slow song by Linkin Park.
17-By_Myslf-Almost like the original, with a different tune
18-Kyur4 Th Ich-Instumental DJ song with a strong beat

19-1stp Klosr- More guitar strums/intsruments, almost like the
original
20-Kwling-A mix of the original, taking you to another world with a duet chorus and electronic sounds.


Re-animation of Hybrid Theory   March 3, 2005
 12 out of 17 found this review helpful

This CD is not the best remix version I have heard, for example in my opinion the reinterpretations of several songs such as Points of Authority, High Voltage and By Myself are lacking what the original versions had and that is flair and brilliance. What saves this CD is the input and sometimes successful combining of guest vocals and bands like Aaron Lewis from Staind who goes well with Mike Shinoda's voice.

Overall this CD has 20 tracks with most songs in the 3 minute range and not that long per say. This Remixed album won't be for every fan however I enjoyed the majority of the remixes as they showed that Linkin Park was at work on creating more great music that soon came out in their latest album 'Meteora'.

Look out for the last track, it is one of the best tracks. A good close for a strong CD.